On Wed, January 15, 2014 00:03, Bob Beck wrote: > Just to bring this issue back to the forefront. > > In light of shrinking funding, we do need to look for a source to > cover project expenses. If need be the OpenBSD Foundation can be > involved in receiving donations to cover project electrical costs. > > But the fact is right now, OpenBSD will shut down if we do not have > the funding to keep the lights on. > > If you or a company you know are able to assist us, it would be > greatly appreciated, but right now we are looking at a significant > funding shortfall for the upcoming year - Meaning the project won't be > able to cover 20 thousand dollars in electrical expenses before being > able to use money for other things. That sort of situation is not > sustainable. >
Hi. Could we collect this sum on special bank account, to gather correct sum for covering electricity expenses? Or OpenBSD Foundation will pay a bill from it's funds? Simplier - should I send money to Foundation right now or should I wait info about direct-electricity-expenses-acccount? Unfortunately I can't send $20k, but if 200 community members send $100 each... I hope this will help to have another year for searching a company Theo was mentioning in his irst letter. > > > On Fri, Dec 20, 2013 at 5:08 PM, Theo de Raadt <dera...@cvs.openbsd.org> > wrote: >> I am resending this request for funding our electricity bills because >> it is not yet resolved. >> >> We really need even more funding beyond that, because otherwise all of >> this is simply unsustainable. This request is the smallest we can >> make. >> >> ------- >> >> Hi everyone. >> >> The OpenBSD project uses a lot of electricity for running the >> development and build machines. A number of logistical reasons >> prevents us from moving the machines to another location which might >> offer space/power for free, so let's not allow the conversation to go >> that way. >> >> We are looking for a Canadian company who will take on our electrical >> expenses -- on their books, rather than on our books. We would be >> happiest to find someone who will do this on an annual recurring >> basis. >> >> That way the various OpenBSD efforts can be supported, yet written off >> as an off-site operations cost by such a company. If we reduce this >> cost, it will leave more money for other parts of the project. >> >> We think that a Canadian company is the best choice for accounting >> reasons. If a company in some other jurisdiction feels they can also >> do this successfully, we'd be very happy to hear from them as well. >> >> I am not going to disclose the actual numbers here. Please contact me >> for details if serious. >> >> Thanks.
